A young same sex couple in the rural area of West Bengal’s Sundarbans has married on Wednesday (November 5, 2025), in a social ceremony as neighbours turned up in huge numbers to support their love even as families abandoned them.
A video of the humble marriage ceremony at a local temple went viral on social media as the internet praised the locals for their support of the young lovers Riya Sardar (19) and Rakhi Naskar (20).
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“We met two years ago. We got married to each other 7 months ago. Recently, when everyone came to learn about this, they wanted to separate us. However, locals showed us support and helped us perform another social ceremony,” Ms. Naskar told The Hindu on Friday (November 7, 2025).
Two days into their social marriage, the young couple has found a new family in their neighbours even as they remain scared about their family’s backlash.
